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Which planet is known as the "Hottest Planet?"
Venus
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What is a community?
A group of different populations interacting in an ecosystem.
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A species that no longer exists anywhere in the world is considered...
Extinct
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Who wrote the famous play "Romeo and Juliet?"
William Shakespeare
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What is a permanent plot?
Scientists observe a set area to monitor and collect data on the ecosystem
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4 basic needs of an organism
Food, Water, Air, Shelter/Habitat
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What is commensalism. Give an example.
+/ neutral
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Draw a food chain of he following animals
Hawk
Mouse
Berries
Snake
Sun -> Berries -> Mouse -> Snake -> Hawk
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What is parasitism?
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Canadian geese flying south for the winter is an example of...
Behavioral adaptation
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Who painted the famous artwork "Starry Night"?
Vincent Van Gough
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What is a structural adaptations? Give an example
An adaptation that is physical to the organism and helps them survive.
I.e. a birds wings help it fly to hunt, travel, and avoid predators
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The study of organisms and their relationship to their environments is called?
Ecology
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What role do decomposers play?
The return nutrients to the environment from dead or decaying biotic material
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How is CO2 removed from the atmosphere?
By plants through photosynthesis
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What is bioaccumulation?
Build up of a contaminant inside one animal throughout its lifetime
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What is a behavioral adaptation? Give an example.
A behavioral adaptation is an action that an organism does that it has either been taught or was born with the instinct to do that helps it survive.
I.e. baby turtles hatching and going to the brightest place
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What is primary succession? When does it occur?
The growth of organisms in an area previously bare.
Glacial retreat
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What is biomagnification
Build up of a contaminant inside an ecosystem
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What has the most biodiversity?
Food chain
Food web
Pyramid of Numbers
Pyramid of Biomass
Food Web
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What are the two main ways water enters the atmosphere?
Transpiration and Evaporation
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About how long does it take the moon to orbit the Earth?
28 Days
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What does this graph show about the relationship between lynx and hare populations
When lynx goes up hare goes down, when hare goes down lynx go down, when lynx goes down hare goes up, when hare goes up lynx goes up
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What is the main difference between primary succession from secondary succession?
In primary succession there isn't soil already present
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What type of species scientist use for long term monitoring
Indicator Species